The war with ISIS in Iraq is drawing to a close, but the day after will be no easier. With Iraqi Kurdistan going for an independence referendum, Baghdad may not be eager to accept the vote. The already volatile situation in the Middle East might be destabilized even further by the establishment of a Kurdish region – or, perhaps, help stabilize it instead. Will the price of Kurdish independence be too high? We ask Prime Minister of Iraqi KurdistanNechirvan Barzani.
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Turkish rockets are seen being fired from Hatay Province in the south of Turkey on Sunday, as day two of the 'Olive Branch' operation against Kurdish-held targets in Afrin gets underway. On Saturday, Turkish war planes launched airstrikes on Kurdish positions in Afrin shortly after Turkish PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan announced the launch of the military operation dubbed 'Olive Branch.' READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/8xfs
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It’s an unlikely place for a democratic revolution.
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Since the start of the Syrian civil war, Kurdish people in the North have carved out an autonomous region of their own — Rojava — by fighting the Islamic State. Their militias, which form the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), have emerged as the most effective fighters against ISIS and won them a close partnership with the US.
The ruling KurdishParty, the PYD, has set up a democratic federation made of local governments. Their constitution claims to accept people of all ethnicities and religions and treat them as equals. One of its central tenets is equality of men and women. In fact, the all-female Women’s Protection Unit (YPJ) militia fights alongside the SDF, and they’re known to be especially good soldiers.
But the more territory the Kurds take from ISIS, the more worried Turkey gets.
Turkey has been at war with another closely linked Kurdish group, the PKK, for decades. In 2018, Turkey invaded the Syrian Kurdish enclave of Afrin, putting the country in direct conflict with the Kurds of Rojava.
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Stuttgart police intervened when hundreds of pro-Kurdish and pro-Turkish demonstrators clashed during rival rallies on Wednesday.
SOT, Ahmet Grohtas, pro-Turkish demonstrator (German): "We're here today to act against injustice in the media. In the media in Europe, we often see statements taken from people who claim the Turkish military is leading a war against the Kurds. We want to make clear today that this war is not against the Kurdish people, but against the terror organisations PKK and PYD, YPG and IS. That's why we're here today, we see it as our duty to share that with the people - I hope everything remains peaceful and that we can all go home after our demonstration."
SOT, Protester (German): "Operation 'OliveBranch' is a positive development that will safeguard the EU from a renewed wave of refugees. Contrary to claims of those who wish to denounce and pillory Turkey, this operation is not directed against civilians, innocent people. It is to monitor the PYD's (DemocraticUnion Party - Kurdish democratic party in Syria) abuse of civilians in Afrin as human shields. For this reason we're convinced that Turkish troops will proceed with maximum caution. The Turkish military's Operation 'Olive Branch' has been communicated to allied and neighbouring countries transparently and regularly from the start. The goal of this operation is peace and stability. We demand that the international community supports Operation 'Olive Branch' in its fight against terror and that they show solidarity with Turkey and the rural population."
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(8 Feb 2018) Visiting a Syrian Democratic Forces military outpost in northern Syria, senior US commanders have pledged that their troops would remain in the northern Syrian town of Manbij despite Turkey's demands for a US pullout.
The US-backed opposition Syrian Democratic Forces, led mainly by a Syrian Kurdish militia which Turkey is now fighting in Syria, liberated the town of Manbij from the Islamic State group in 2016.
Manbij was hailed as an early success story in the American-backed fight against IS, but is now the scene of escalating regional tensions on the heels of military victories against the extremists.
Wednesday's visit to the outpost by Lt. Gen.Paul E. Funk, the top US general in the coalition fighting the Islamic State, and Maj. Gen.Jamie Jarrard, the commander of the coalition's special-operation's component, came amid rising tensions between Turkey and the United States, NATO allies that have ended up on opposing sides in some aspects of the multi-layered war in Syria.
Today, a small US base near Manbij, a cluster of a handful of tents, prefab housing units and American armored vehicles, reflects deepening American involvement in Syria.
Since the ouster of IS from the border town, the US has maintained a military presence there and regularly conducts patrols in the area.
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More than 200 women have graduated as military officers in northern Iraq.
They will now fight alongside peshmerga forces who are battling the Islamic State group.
STORY LINE:
The gleaming uniforms, the polished weapons and the marching band: it's everything you might expect from a military ceremony.
But the event is honouring a special group of army officers.
This is the first class of female cadets to graduate from the ZakhoMilitary Academy.
Two hundred and one women have earned their stripes.
And KurdishPresidentMasoud Barzani is here to watch their passing out parade.
The women chant in unison as they are sworn in as officers.
This academy is the only military educational institution in the northern Kurdish region recognised by the Iraqi armed forces.
So in principle these new officers could also be accepted by the Iraqi army.
A handshake from the President, a salute and a round of applause from the audience.
This is a day to be proud of for the young women.
"Dear girls, today, after one and a half years of hard study and learning from your great teachers, you are rewarded for your efforts and hard studies," Barzani tells them.
"Today you'll receive a star on your shoulder but you have to know that along with that there comes great responsibility also."
They are now ready to join peshmerga soldiers on the frontline.
The Kurdish force already has some female fighters - but these will be the first to hold officer ranks.
"I'm sure that when you stand with your brothers in the peshmerga forces, whether on the frontline or any other duty, you will not be any less than them," says Barzani.
"We want to show the world that our boys and girls are ready to make sacrifices and there is no distinction between them. You have opened the door wide and you broke down a high wall."
Congratulations from family members, but after the parades and ceremonies, these women know they face a serious challenge.
Peshmerga forces are fighting the Islamic State group, retaking large stretches of territory from the militants.
"The main goal of this, the graduation of 201 female officers, is to participate in the war alongside the peshmerga forces. The point was to learn how to fight, to learn the tactics of war, so we can serve our country," says graduate officer Ayman Ayoub Hassa.
Many peshmerga are irregular fighters with no formal military training, though some have now received instruction from American and European trainers.
But these women have had the opportunity to hone their fighting skills.
"I'm ready to go anywhere they ask me to go. They have taught me how to use weapons and weapons are a symbol of defence so that I know how to defend myself and my nation," says Hassa.
Most of the graduates are Kurdish, but there is a small number of Iraqi Christians among the class.
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Turkey's Erdogan says West backing Kurdish "terrorists" in Syria
ANKARA | By Tulay Karadeniz and Tuvan Gumrukcu
Turkish PresidentTayyip Erdogan accused the West on Thursday of bombing Arabs and Turkmens in Syria while supporting Kurdish "terrorist" groups he said were filling the void left behind.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgic said more than 13,000 people had entered Turkey in the past week from Syria where moderate Syrian rebels and Kurdish forces have fought Islamic State militants holding the Syrian town of Tel Abyad.
Turkey is uncomfortable with gains by Kurdish YPG militia in Syria, saying they have links with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) which has fought a decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state. The PKK is considered a terrorist group by Ankara, the United States and European Union.
The Kurdish issue has assumed an increased sensitivity since a Kurdish party won parliamentary seats in elections that stripped the ruling AK Party of its overall majority. The continuation of peace talks with the PKK could become an issue in coalition talks now under way.
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The PKK has carved out a role fighting Islamic State, with its members helping to break a siege of the Syrian town of Kobani last autumn as a U.S.-led coalition bombed the Islamist militants' positions.
"The West, which has shot Arabs and Turkmens, is unfortunately placing the PYD (the political wing of the YPG) and PKK in lieu of them," Erdogan said in a speech at the Ankara chamber of commerce.
Though a NATO member and U.S. ally, Turkey has refused to take a frontline role in the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State, nervous of Kurdish territorial gains and arguing only Syrian PresidentBashar al-Assad's fall can bring lasting peace.
Erdogan's comments may anger Turkey's Kurds, many of whom suspect Ankara has been backing militant Islamist factions in Syria against their brethren and were enraged by its refusal to intervene and stop an Islamic State siege of Kobani.
"It's not true to say the YPG are terrorists because they haven't committed any terrorist actions against people in Syria. They are protecting Muslims, Christians, Jews," said Idris Nassan, an official in the Kobani canton.
Thousands of people have fled from Syria into Turkey in recent days to escape advances by YPG forces as well as aerial bombardment by the United States and Arab allies trying to help the Kurds push back Islamic State.
A Turkish official told Reuters on Wednesday that all the refugees appeared to be Syrian or Iraqi Arabs.
(Additional reporting by Dasha Afanasieva in Istanbul; Editing by NickTattersall; editing by Ralph Boulton) http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/11/us-syria-crisis-turkey-erdogan-idUSKBN0OR11620150611

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The war with ISIS in Iraq is drawing to a close, but the day after will be no easier. With Iraqi Kurdistan going for an independence referendum, Baghdad may not be eager to accept the vote. The already volatile situation in the Middle East might be destabilized even further by the establishment of a Kurdish region – or, perhaps, help stabilize it instead. Will the price of Kurdish independence be too high? We ask Prime Minister of Iraqi KurdistanNechirvan Barzani.
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SIS Fighter Cries In Video After Being Captured By Kurdish Forces In Mosul

SIS Fighter Cries In Video After Being Captured By Kurdish Forces In Mosul

SIS Fighter Cries In Video After Being Captured By Kurdish Forces In Mosul

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Turkey fires barrage of missiles on Kurdish-held targets in Syria

Turkey fires barrage of missiles on Kurdish-held targets in Syria

Turkey fires barrage of missiles on Kurdish-held targets in Syria

Turkish rockets are seen being fired from Hatay Province in the south of Turkey on Sunday, as day two of the 'Olive Branch' operation against Kurdish-held targets in Afrin gets underway. On Saturday, Turkish war planes launched airstrikes on Kurdish positions in Afrin shortly after Turkish PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan announced the launch of the military operation dubbed 'Olive Branch.' READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/8xfs
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How Syria’s Kurds are trying to create a democracy

It’s an unlikely place for a democratic revolution.
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Since the start of the Syrian civil war, Kurdish people in the North have carved out an autonomous region of their own — Rojava — by fighting the Islamic State. Their militias, which form the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), have emerged as the most effective fighters against ISIS and won them a close partnership with the US.
The ruling KurdishParty, the PYD, has set up a democratic federation made of local governments. Their constitution claims to accept people of all ethnicities and religions and treat them as equals. One of its central tenets is equality of men and women. In fact, the all-female Women’s Protection Unit (YPJ) militia fights alongside the SDF, and they’re known to be especially good soldiers.
But the more territory the Kurds take from ISIS, the more worried Turkey gets.
Turkey has been at war with another closely linked Kurdish group, the PKK, for decades. In 2018, Turkey invaded the Syrian Kurdish enclave of Afrin, putting the country in direct conflict with the Kurds of Rojava.
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Germany: Rival Kurdish, Turkish rallies clash in Stuttgart

Germany: Rival Kurdish, Turkish rallies clash in Stuttgart

Germany: Rival Kurdish, Turkish rallies clash in Stuttgart

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Stuttgart police intervened when hundreds of pro-Kurdish and pro-Turkish demonstrators clashed during rival rallies on Wednesday.
SOT, Ahmet Grohtas, pro-Turkish demonstrator (German): "We're here today to act against injustice in the media. In the media in Europe, we often see statements taken from people who claim the Turkish military is leading a war against the Kurds. We want to make clear today that this war is not against the Kurdish people, but against the terror organisations PKK and PYD, YPG and IS. That's why we're here today, we see it as our duty to share that with the people - I hope everything remains peaceful and that we can all go home after our demonstration."
SOT, Protester (German): "Operation 'OliveBranch' is a positive development that will safeguard the EU from a renewed wave of refugees. Contrary to claims of those who wish to denounce and pillory Turkey, this operation is not directed against civilians, innocent people. It is to monitor the PYD's (DemocraticUnion Party - Kurdish democratic party in Syria) abuse of civilians in Afrin as human shields. For this reason we're convinced that Turkish troops will proceed with maximum caution. The Turkish military's Operation 'Olive Branch' has been communicated to allied and neighbouring countries transparently and regularly from the start. The goal of this operation is peace and stability. We demand that the international community supports Operation 'Olive Branch' in its fight against terror and that they show solidarity with Turkey and the rural population."
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US commander backs Kurdish fighters at Syria outpost

US commander backs Kurdish fighters at Syria outpost

US commander backs Kurdish fighters at Syria outpost

(8 Feb 2018) Visiting a Syrian Democratic Forces military outpost in northern Syria, senior US commanders have pledged that their troops would remain in the northern Syrian town of Manbij despite Turkey's demands for a US pullout.
The US-backed opposition Syrian Democratic Forces, led mainly by a Syrian Kurdish militia which Turkey is now fighting in Syria, liberated the town of Manbij from the Islamic State group in 2016.
Manbij was hailed as an early success story in the American-backed fight against IS, but is now the scene of escalating regional tensions on the heels of military victories against the extremists.
Wednesday's visit to the outpost by Lt. Gen.Paul E. Funk, the top US general in the coalition fighting the Islamic State, and Maj. Gen.Jamie Jarrard, the commander of the coalition's special-operation's component, came amid rising tensions between Turkey and the United States, NATO allies that have ended up on opposing sides in some aspects of the multi-layered war in Syria.
Today, a small US base near Manbij, a cluster of a handful of tents, prefab housing units and American armored vehicles, reflects deepening American involvement in Syria.
Since the ouster of IS from the border town, the US has maintained a military presence there and regularly conducts patrols in the area.
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3:43

First class of female Kurdish military officers graduates

First class of female Kurdish military officers graduates

First class of female Kurdish military officers graduates

(31 Mar 2016) LEAD IN:
More than 200 women have graduated as military officers in northern Iraq.
They will now fight alongside peshmerga forces who are battling the Islamic State group.
STORY LINE:
The gleaming uniforms, the polished weapons and the marching band: it's everything you might expect from a military ceremony.
But the event is honouring a special group of army officers.
This is the first class of female cadets to graduate from the ZakhoMilitary Academy.
Two hundred and one women have earned their stripes.
And KurdishPresidentMasoud Barzani is here to watch their passing out parade.
The women chant in unison as they are sworn in as officers.
This academy is the only military educational institution in the northern Kurdish region recognised by the Iraqi armed forces.
So in principle these new officers could also be accepted by the Iraqi army.
A handshake from the President, a salute and a round of applause from the audience.
This is a day to be proud of for the young women.
"Dear girls, today, after one and a half years of hard study and learning from your great teachers, you are rewarded for your efforts and hard studies," Barzani tells them.
"Today you'll receive a star on your shoulder but you have to know that along with that there comes great responsibility also."
They are now ready to join peshmerga soldiers on the frontline.
The Kurdish force already has some female fighters - but these will be the first to hold officer ranks.
"I'm sure that when you stand with your brothers in the peshmerga forces, whether on the frontline or any other duty, you will not be any less than them," says Barzani.
"We want to show the world that our boys and girls are ready to make sacrifices and there is no distinction between them. You have opened the door wide and you broke down a high wall."
Congratulations from family members, but after the parades and ceremonies, these women know they face a serious challenge.
Peshmerga forces are fighting the Islamic State group, retaking large stretches of territory from the militants.
"The main goal of this, the graduation of 201 female officers, is to participate in the war alongside the peshmerga forces. The point was to learn how to fight, to learn the tactics of war, so we can serve our country," says graduate officer Ayman Ayoub Hassa.
Many peshmerga are irregular fighters with no formal military training, though some have now received instruction from American and European trainers.
But these women have had the opportunity to hone their fighting skills.
"I'm ready to go anywhere they ask me to go. They have taught me how to use weapons and weapons are a symbol of defence so that I know how to defend myself and my nation," says Hassa.
Most of the graduates are Kurdish, but there is a small number of Iraqi Christians among the class.
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Turkey's Erdogan says West backing Kurdish "terrorists" in Syria
ANKARA | By Tulay Karadeniz and Tuvan Gumrukcu
Turkish PresidentTayyip Erdogan accused the West on Thursday of bombing Arabs and Turkmens in Syria while supporting Kurdish "terrorist" groups he said were filling the void left behind.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgic said more than 13,000 people had entered Turkey in the past week from Syria where moderate Syrian rebels and Kurdish forces have fought Islamic State militants holding the Syrian town of Tel Abyad.
Turkey is uncomfortable with gains by Kurdish YPG militia in Syria, saying they have links with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) which has fought a decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state. The PKK is considered a terrorist group by Ankara, the United States and European Union.
The Kurdish issue has assumed an increased sensitivity since a Kurdish party won parliamentary seats in elections that stripped the ruling AK Party of its overall majority. The continuation of peace talks with the PKK could become an issue in coalition talks now under way.
ISLAMIC STATE
The PKK has carved out a role fighting Islamic State, with its members helping to break a siege of the Syrian town of Kobani last autumn as a U.S.-led coalition bombed the Islamist militants' positions.
"The West, which has shot Arabs and Turkmens, is unfortunately placing the PYD (the political wing of the YPG) and PKK in lieu of them," Erdogan said in a speech at the Ankara chamber of commerce.
Though a NATO member and U.S. ally, Turkey has refused to take a frontline role in the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State, nervous of Kurdish territorial gains and arguing only Syrian PresidentBashar al-Assad's fall can bring lasting peace.
Erdogan's comments may anger Turkey's Kurds, many of whom suspect Ankara has been backing militant Islamist factions in Syria against their brethren and were enraged by its refusal to intervene and stop an Islamic State siege of Kobani.
"It's not true to say the YPG are terrorists because they haven't committed any terrorist actions against people in Syria. They are protecting Muslims, Christians, Jews," said Idris Nassan, an official in the Kobani canton.
Thousands of people have fled from Syria into Turkey in recent days to escape advances by YPG forces as well as aerial bombardment by the United States and Arab allies trying to help the Kurds push back Islamic State.
A Turkish official told Reuters on Wednesday that all the refugees appeared to be Syrian or Iraqi Arabs.
(Additional reporting by Dasha Afanasieva in Istanbul; Editing by NickTattersall; editing by Ralph Boulton) http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/11/us-syria-crisis-turkey-erdogan-idUSKBN0OR11620150611

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Kurdish genocide 25 years ago holds lessons for Syria today

Kurdish genocide 25 years ago holds lessons for Syria today

Kurdish genocide 25 years ago holds lessons for Syria today

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the gas attacks on the Kurdish village of Halabja, Iraq, at the hand of Saddam Hussein that killed at least 5,000 civilians. Vanderbilt University international criminal and humanitarian law expert Michael Newton says lessons learned from the Halabja attack could help the persecuted Kurds being attacked in Syria today.
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Origin of the Kurdish People (Medes/Median Empire)

Origin of the Kurdish People (Medes/Median Empire)

Origin of the Kurdish People (Medes/Median Empire)

Zagros, Taurus Mountains (Caucasian) & Anatolian Highlanders (The Land of Kurda - Kurdistan)
Being the native inhabitants of their land. there are no "beginnings" for Kurdish history and people. Kurds and their history are the end products of thousands of years of continuous internal evolution and assimilation of new peoples and ideas introduced sporadically into their land. Genetically, Kurds are the descendants of all those who ever came to settle in Kurdistan, and not any one of them. A people such as the Gutian, Kurti. Mede, Mard, Manna,Carduchi, Gordyene,Cardyene,Kyrti, Adianbene, Zilan and Khaldi signify not the ancestor of the Kurds but only an ancestor.
Archaeological finds continue to document that some of mankind's earliest steps towards development of agriculture. domestication of many common farm animals (sheep, goats, hogs and dogs), record keeping (the token system), development of domestic technologies (weaving, fired pottery making and glazing), metallurgy and urbanization took place in Kurdistan, dating back between 12,000 and 8.000 years ago.
The earliest evidence so far of a unified and distinct culture (and possibly, ethnicity) by people inhabiting the Kurdish mountains dates back to the Halaf culture of 8,000-7,400 years ago. This was followed by the spread of the Ubaidian culture, which was a foreign introduction from Mesopotamia. After about a millennium, its dominance was replaced by the Hurrian culture, which may or may not have been the Halafian people reasserting their dominance over their mountainous homeland. The Hurrian period lasted from 6,300 to about 2,600 years ago.
The Hurrians-whose name survives now most prominently in the dialect and district of Hawraman/Awraman in Kurdistan- divided into many clans and subgroups, who set up city-states, kingdoms and empires known today after their respective clan names. These included the Gutis, Kurti, Khadi, Mards, Mushku, Manna, Hatti, Mitanni, Urartu, and the Kassitis1es, to name just a few. All these were Hurrians, and together form the Hurrian phase of Kurdish history.
By about 4.000 years ago, the first vanguard of the Indo-European-speaking peoples were trickling into Kurdistan in limited numbers and settling there. These formed the aristocracy of the Mitani, Kassite, and Hittite kingdoms, while the common peoples there remained solidly Hurrian. By about 3,000 years ago, the trickle had turned into a flood, and Hurrian Kurdistan was fast becoming Indo-European Kurdistan. Far from having been wiped out, the Hurrian legacy, despite its linguistic eclipse, remains the single most important element of the Kurdish culture until today. It forms the substructure for every aspects of Kurdish existence, from their native religion to their art, their social organization, women's status, and even the form of their militia warfare.
Medes, Scythians and Sagarthians are just the better-known clans of the Indo- European-speaking Aryans who settled in Kurdistan. By about 2,600 years ago, the Medes had already set up an empire that included all Kurdistan and vast territories far beyond. Medeans were followed by scores of other kingdoms and city-states--all dominated by Aryan aristocracies and a populace that was becoming Indo-European, Kurdish speakers if not so already.
By the advent of the classical era in 300 BC. Kurds were already experiencing massive population movements that resulted in settlement and domination of many neighboring regions. Important Kurdish polities of this time were all by-products of these movements. The Zelan Kurdish clan of Commagene (Adyaman area), for example, spread to establish in addition to the Zelanid dynasty of Commagene, the Zelanid kingdom of Cappadocia and the Zelanid empire of Pontus-all in Anatolia. These became Roman vassals by the end of the Ist century BC. In the east the Kurdish kingdoms of Gordyene, Cortea, Media, Kirm, and Adiabene had, by the 1st century BC, become confederate members of the Parthian Federation.
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SIS Fighter Cries In Video After Being Captured By Kurdish Forces In Mosul

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Turkey fires barrage of missiles on Kurdish-held targets in Syria

Turkish rockets are seen being fired from Hatay Province in the south of Turkey on Sunday, as day two of the 'Olive Branch' operation against Kurdish-held targets in Afrin gets underway. On Saturday, Turkish war planes launched airstrikes on Kurdish positions in Afrin shortly after Turkish PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan announced the launch of the military operation dubbed 'Olive Branch.' READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/8xfs
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How Syria’s Kurds are trying to create a democracy

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Since the start of the Syrian civil war, Kurdish people in the North have carved out an autonomous region of their own — Rojava — by fighting the Islamic State. Their militias, which form the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), have emerged as the most effective fighters against ISIS and won them a close partnership with the US.
The ruling KurdishParty, the PYD, has set up a democratic federation made of local governments. Their constitution claims to accept people of all ethnicities and religions and treat them as equals. One of its central tenets is equality of men and women. In fact, the all-female Women’s Protection Unit (YPJ) militia fights a...

published: 12 Mar 2018

Germany: Rival Kurdish, Turkish rallies clash in Stuttgart

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Stuttgart police intervened when hundreds of pro-Kurdish and pro-Turkish demonstrators clashed during rival rallies on Wednesday.
SOT, Ahmet Grohtas, pro-Turkish demonstrator (German): "We're here today to act against injustice in the media. In the media in Europe, we often see statements taken from people who claim the Turkish military is leading a war against the Kurds. We want to make clear today that this war is not against the Kurdish people, but against the terror organisations PKK and PYD, YPG and IS. That's why we're here today, we see it as our duty to share that with the people - I hope everything remains peaceful and that we can all go home after our demonstration."
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US commander backs Kurdish fighters at Syria outpost

(8 Feb 2018) Visiting a Syrian Democratic Forces military outpost in northern Syria, senior US commanders have pledged that their troops would remain in the northern Syrian town of Manbij despite Turkey's demands for a US pullout.
The US-backed opposition Syrian Democratic Forces, led mainly by a Syrian Kurdish militia which Turkey is now fighting in Syria, liberated the town of Manbij from the Islamic State group in 2016.
Manbij was hailed as an early success story in the American-backed fight against IS, but is now the scene of escalating regional tensions on the heels of military victories against the extremists.
Wednesday's visit to the outpost by Lt. Gen.Paul E. Funk, the top US general in the coalition fighting the Islamic State, and Maj. Gen.Jamie Jarrard, the commander of the ...

published: 13 Feb 2018

First class of female Kurdish military officers graduates

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More than 200 women have graduated as military officers in northern Iraq.
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The gleaming uniforms, the polished weapons and the marching band: it's everything you might expect from a military ceremony.
But the event is honouring a special group of army officers.
This is the first class of female cadets to graduate from the ZakhoMilitary Academy.
Two hundred and one women have earned their stripes.
And KurdishPresidentMasoud Barzani is here to watch their passing out parade.
The women chant in unison as they are sworn in as officers.
This academy is the only military educational institution in the northern Kurdish region recognised by the Iraqi armed force...

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published: 20 Jan 2018

Kurdish genocide 25 years ago holds lessons for Syria today

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the gas attacks on the Kurdish village of Halabja, Iraq, at the hand of Saddam Hussein that killed at least 5,000 civilians. Vanderbilt University international criminal and humanitarian law expert Michael Newton says lessons learned from the Halabja attack could help the persecuted Kurds being attacked in Syria today.
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Origin of the Kurdish People (Medes/Median Empire)

Zagros, Taurus Mountains (Caucasian) & Anatolian Highlanders (The Land of Kurda - Kurdistan)
Being the native inhabitants of their land. there are no "beginnings" for Kurdish history and people. Kurds and their history are the end products of thousands of years of continuous internal evolution and assimilation of new peoples and ideas introduced sporadically into their land. Genetically, Kurds are the descendants of all those who ever came to settle in Kurdistan, and not any one of them. A people such as the Gutian, Kurti. Mede, Mard, Manna,Carduchi, Gordyene,Cardyene,Kyrti, Adianbene, Zilan and Khaldi signify not the ancestor of the Kurds but only an ancestor.
Archaeological finds continue to document that some of mankind's earliest steps towards development of agriculture. domesticati...

The war with ISIS in Iraq is drawing to a close, but the day after will be no easier. With Iraqi Kurdistan going for an independence referendum, Baghdad may not be eager to accept the vote. The already volatile situation in the Middle East might be destabilized even further by the establishment of a Kurdish region – or, perhaps, help stabilize it instead. Will the price of Kurdish independence be too high? We ask Prime Minister of Iraqi KurdistanNechirvan Barzani.
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Since the start of the Syrian civil war, Kurdish people in the North have carved out an autonomous region of their own — Rojava — by fighting the Islamic State. Their militias, which form the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), have emerged as the most effective fighters against ISIS and won them a close partnership with the US.
The ruling KurdishParty, the PYD, has set up a democratic federation made of local governments. Their constitution claims to accept people of all ethnicities and religions and treat them as equals. One of its central tenets is equality of men and women. In fact, the all-female Women’s Protection Unit (YPJ) militia fights alongside the SDF, and they’re known to be especially good soldiers.
But the more territory the Kurds take from ISIS, the more worried Turkey gets.
Turkey has been at war with another closely linked Kurdish group, the PKK, for decades. In 2018, Turkey invaded the Syrian Kurdish enclave of Afrin, putting the country in direct conflict with the Kurds of Rojava.
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Since the start of the Syrian civil war, Kurdish people in the North have carved out an autonomous region of their own — Rojava — by fighting the Islamic State. Their militias, which form the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), have emerged as the most effective fighters against ISIS and won them a close partnership with the US.
The ruling KurdishParty, the PYD, has set up a democratic federation made of local governments. Their constitution claims to accept people of all ethnicities and religions and treat them as equals. One of its central tenets is equality of men and women. In fact, the all-female Women’s Protection Unit (YPJ) militia fights alongside the SDF, and they’re known to be especially good soldiers.
But the more territory the Kurds take from ISIS, the more worried Turkey gets.
Turkey has been at war with another closely linked Kurdish group, the PKK, for decades. In 2018, Turkey invaded the Syrian Kurdish enclave of Afrin, putting the country in direct conflict with the Kurds of Rojava.
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Stuttgart police intervened when hundreds of pro-Kurdish and pro-Turkish demonstrators clashed during rival rallies on Wednesday.
SOT, Ahmet Grohtas, pro-Turkish demonstrator (German): "We're here today to act against injustice in the media. In the media in Europe, we often see statements taken from people who claim the Turkish military is leading a war against the Kurds. We want to make clear today that this war is not against the Kurdish people, but against the terror organisations PKK and PYD, YPG and IS. That's why we're here today, we see it as our duty to share that with the people - I hope everything remains peaceful and that we can all go home after our demonstration."
SOT, Protester (German): "Operation 'OliveBranch' is a positive development that will safeguard the EU from a renewed wave of refugees. Contrary to claims of those who wish to denounce and pillory Turkey, this operation is not directed against civilians, innocent people. It is to monitor the PYD's (DemocraticUnion Party - Kurdish democratic party in Syria) abuse of civilians in Afrin as human shields. For this reason we're convinced that Turkish troops will proceed with maximum caution. The Turkish military's Operation 'Olive Branch' has been communicated to allied and neighbouring countries transparently and regularly from the start. The goal of this operation is peace and stability. We demand that the international community supports Operation 'Olive Branch' in its fight against terror and that they show solidarity with Turkey and the rural population."
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US commander backs Kurdish fighters at Syria outpost

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(8 Feb 2018) Visiting a Syrian Democratic Forces military outpost in northern Syria, senior US commanders have pledged that their troops would remain in the northern Syrian town of Manbij despite Turkey's demands for a US pullout.
The US-backed opposition Syrian Democratic Forces, led mainly by a Syrian Kurdish militia which Turkey is now fighting in Syria, liberated the town of Manbij from the Islamic State group in 2016.
Manbij was hailed as an early success story in the American-backed fight against IS, but is now the scene of escalating regional tensions on the heels of military victories against the extremists.
Wednesday's visit to the outpost by Lt. Gen.Paul E. Funk, the top US general in the coalition fighting the Islamic State, and Maj. Gen.Jamie Jarrard, the commander of the coalition's special-operation's component, came amid rising tensions between Turkey and the United States, NATO allies that have ended up on opposing sides in some aspects of the multi-layered war in Syria.
Today, a small US base near Manbij, a cluster of a handful of tents, prefab housing units and American armored vehicles, reflects deepening American involvement in Syria.
Since the ouster of IS from the border town, the US has maintained a military presence there and regularly conducts patrols in the area.
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(8 Feb 2018) Visiting a Syrian Democratic Forces military outpost in northern Syria, senior US commanders have pledged that their troops would remain in the northern Syrian town of Manbij despite Turkey's demands for a US pullout.
The US-backed opposition Syrian Democratic Forces, led mainly by a Syrian Kurdish militia which Turkey is now fighting in Syria, liberated the town of Manbij from the Islamic State group in 2016.
Manbij was hailed as an early success story in the American-backed fight against IS, but is now the scene of escalating regional tensions on the heels of military victories against the extremists.
Wednesday's visit to the outpost by Lt. Gen.Paul E. Funk, the top US general in the coalition fighting the Islamic State, and Maj. Gen.Jamie Jarrard, the commander of the coalition's special-operation's component, came amid rising tensions between Turkey and the United States, NATO allies that have ended up on opposing sides in some aspects of the multi-layered war in Syria.
Today, a small US base near Manbij, a cluster of a handful of tents, prefab housing units and American armored vehicles, reflects deepening American involvement in Syria.
Since the ouster of IS from the border town, the US has maintained a military presence there and regularly conducts patrols in the area.
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First class of female Kurdish military officers graduates

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More than 200 women have graduated as military officers in northern Iraq.
They will now fight alongside peshmerga forces who are battli...

(31 Mar 2016) LEAD IN:
More than 200 women have graduated as military officers in northern Iraq.
They will now fight alongside peshmerga forces who are battling the Islamic State group.
STORY LINE:
The gleaming uniforms, the polished weapons and the marching band: it's everything you might expect from a military ceremony.
But the event is honouring a special group of army officers.
This is the first class of female cadets to graduate from the ZakhoMilitary Academy.
Two hundred and one women have earned their stripes.
And KurdishPresidentMasoud Barzani is here to watch their passing out parade.
The women chant in unison as they are sworn in as officers.
This academy is the only military educational institution in the northern Kurdish region recognised by the Iraqi armed forces.
So in principle these new officers could also be accepted by the Iraqi army.
A handshake from the President, a salute and a round of applause from the audience.
This is a day to be proud of for the young women.
"Dear girls, today, after one and a half years of hard study and learning from your great teachers, you are rewarded for your efforts and hard studies," Barzani tells them.
"Today you'll receive a star on your shoulder but you have to know that along with that there comes great responsibility also."
They are now ready to join peshmerga soldiers on the frontline.
The Kurdish force already has some female fighters - but these will be the first to hold officer ranks.
"I'm sure that when you stand with your brothers in the peshmerga forces, whether on the frontline or any other duty, you will not be any less than them," says Barzani.
"We want to show the world that our boys and girls are ready to make sacrifices and there is no distinction between them. You have opened the door wide and you broke down a high wall."
Congratulations from family members, but after the parades and ceremonies, these women know they face a serious challenge.
Peshmerga forces are fighting the Islamic State group, retaking large stretches of territory from the militants.
"The main goal of this, the graduation of 201 female officers, is to participate in the war alongside the peshmerga forces. The point was to learn how to fight, to learn the tactics of war, so we can serve our country," says graduate officer Ayman Ayoub Hassa.
Many peshmerga are irregular fighters with no formal military training, though some have now received instruction from American and European trainers.
But these women have had the opportunity to hone their fighting skills.
"I'm ready to go anywhere they ask me to go. They have taught me how to use weapons and weapons are a symbol of defence so that I know how to defend myself and my nation," says Hassa.
Most of the graduates are Kurdish, but there is a small number of Iraqi Christians among the class.
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More than 200 women have graduated as military officers in northern Iraq.
They will now fight alongside peshmerga forces who are battling the Islamic State group.
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The gleaming uniforms, the polished weapons and the marching band: it's everything you might expect from a military ceremony.
But the event is honouring a special group of army officers.
This is the first class of female cadets to graduate from the ZakhoMilitary Academy.
Two hundred and one women have earned their stripes.
And KurdishPresidentMasoud Barzani is here to watch their passing out parade.
The women chant in unison as they are sworn in as officers.
This academy is the only military educational institution in the northern Kurdish region recognised by the Iraqi armed forces.
So in principle these new officers could also be accepted by the Iraqi army.
A handshake from the President, a salute and a round of applause from the audience.
This is a day to be proud of for the young women.
"Dear girls, today, after one and a half years of hard study and learning from your great teachers, you are rewarded for your efforts and hard studies," Barzani tells them.
"Today you'll receive a star on your shoulder but you have to know that along with that there comes great responsibility also."
They are now ready to join peshmerga soldiers on the frontline.
The Kurdish force already has some female fighters - but these will be the first to hold officer ranks.
"I'm sure that when you stand with your brothers in the peshmerga forces, whether on the frontline or any other duty, you will not be any less than them," says Barzani.
"We want to show the world that our boys and girls are ready to make sacrifices and there is no distinction between them. You have opened the door wide and you broke down a high wall."
Congratulations from family members, but after the parades and ceremonies, these women know they face a serious challenge.
Peshmerga forces are fighting the Islamic State group, retaking large stretches of territory from the militants.
"The main goal of this, the graduation of 201 female officers, is to participate in the war alongside the peshmerga forces. The point was to learn how to fight, to learn the tactics of war, so we can serve our country," says graduate officer Ayman Ayoub Hassa.
Many peshmerga are irregular fighters with no formal military training, though some have now received instruction from American and European trainers.
But these women have had the opportunity to hone their fighting skills.
"I'm ready to go anywhere they ask me to go. They have taught me how to use weapons and weapons are a symbol of defence so that I know how to defend myself and my nation," says Hassa.
Most of the graduates are Kurdish, but there is a small number of Iraqi Christians among the class.
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Turkey's Erdogan says West backing Kurdish "terrorists" in Syria
ANKARA | By Tulay Karadeniz and Tuvan Gumrukcu
Turkish PresidentTayyip Erdogan accused the West on Thursday of bombing Arabs and Turkmens in Syria while supporting Kurdish "terrorist" groups he said were filling the void left behind.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgic said more than 13,000 people had entered Turkey in the past week from Syria where moderate Syrian rebels and Kurdish forces have fought Islamic State militants holding the Syrian town of Tel Abyad.
Turkey is uncomfortable with gains by Kurdish YPG militia in Syria, saying they have links with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) which has fought a decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state. The PKK is considered a terrorist group by Ankara, the United States and European Union.
The Kurdish issue has assumed an increased sensitivity since a Kurdish party won parliamentary seats in elections that stripped the ruling AK Party of its overall majority. The continuation of peace talks with the PKK could become an issue in coalition talks now under way.
ISLAMIC STATE
The PKK has carved out a role fighting Islamic State, with its members helping to break a siege of the Syrian town of Kobani last autumn as a U.S.-led coalition bombed the Islamist militants' positions.
"The West, which has shot Arabs and Turkmens, is unfortunately placing the PYD (the political wing of the YPG) and PKK in lieu of them," Erdogan said in a speech at the Ankara chamber of commerce.
Though a NATO member and U.S. ally, Turkey has refused to take a frontline role in the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State, nervous of Kurdish territorial gains and arguing only Syrian PresidentBashar al-Assad's fall can bring lasting peace.
Erdogan's comments may anger Turkey's Kurds, many of whom suspect Ankara has been backing militant Islamist factions in Syria against their brethren and were enraged by its refusal to intervene and stop an Islamic State siege of Kobani.
"It's not true to say the YPG are terrorists because they haven't committed any terrorist actions against people in Syria. They are protecting Muslims, Christians, Jews," said Idris Nassan, an official in the Kobani canton.
Thousands of people have fled from Syria into Turkey in recent days to escape advances by YPG forces as well as aerial bombardment by the United States and Arab allies trying to help the Kurds push back Islamic State.
A Turkish official told Reuters on Wednesday that all the refugees appeared to be Syrian or Iraqi Arabs.
(Additional reporting by Dasha Afanasieva in Istanbul; Editing by NickTattersall; editing by Ralph Boulton) http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/11/us-syria-crisis-turkey-erdogan-idUSKBN0OR11620150611

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Turkey's Erdogan says West backing Kurdish "terrorists" in Syria
ANKARA | By Tulay Karadeniz and Tuvan Gumrukcu
Turkish PresidentTayyip Erdogan accused the West on Thursday of bombing Arabs and Turkmens in Syria while supporting Kurdish "terrorist" groups he said were filling the void left behind.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgic said more than 13,000 people had entered Turkey in the past week from Syria where moderate Syrian rebels and Kurdish forces have fought Islamic State militants holding the Syrian town of Tel Abyad.
Turkey is uncomfortable with gains by Kurdish YPG militia in Syria, saying they have links with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) which has fought a decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state. The PKK is considered a terrorist group by Ankara, the United States and European Union.
The Kurdish issue has assumed an increased sensitivity since a Kurdish party won parliamentary seats in elections that stripped the ruling AK Party of its overall majority. The continuation of peace talks with the PKK could become an issue in coalition talks now under way.
ISLAMIC STATE
The PKK has carved out a role fighting Islamic State, with its members helping to break a siege of the Syrian town of Kobani last autumn as a U.S.-led coalition bombed the Islamist militants' positions.
"The West, which has shot Arabs and Turkmens, is unfortunately placing the PYD (the political wing of the YPG) and PKK in lieu of them," Erdogan said in a speech at the Ankara chamber of commerce.
Though a NATO member and U.S. ally, Turkey has refused to take a frontline role in the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State, nervous of Kurdish territorial gains and arguing only Syrian PresidentBashar al-Assad's fall can bring lasting peace.
Erdogan's comments may anger Turkey's Kurds, many of whom suspect Ankara has been backing militant Islamist factions in Syria against their brethren and were enraged by its refusal to intervene and stop an Islamic State siege of Kobani.
"It's not true to say the YPG are terrorists because they haven't committed any terrorist actions against people in Syria. They are protecting Muslims, Christians, Jews," said Idris Nassan, an official in the Kobani canton.
Thousands of people have fled from Syria into Turkey in recent days to escape advances by YPG forces as well as aerial bombardment by the United States and Arab allies trying to help the Kurds push back Islamic State.
A Turkish official told Reuters on Wednesday that all the refugees appeared to be Syrian or Iraqi Arabs.
(Additional reporting by Dasha Afanasieva in Istanbul; Editing by NickTattersall; editing by Ralph Boulton) http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/11/us-syria-crisis-turkey-erdogan-idUSKBN0OR11620150611

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This week marks the 25th anniversary of the gas attacks on the Kurdish village of Halabja, Iraq, at the hand of Saddam Hussein that killed at least 5,000 civilians. Vanderbilt University international criminal and humanitarian law expert Michael Newton says lessons learned from the Halabja attack could help the persecuted Kurds being attacked in Syria today.
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This week marks the 25th anniversary of the gas attacks on the Kurdish village of Halabja, Iraq, at the hand of Saddam Hussein that killed at least 5,000 civilians. Vanderbilt University international criminal and humanitarian law expert Michael Newton says lessons learned from the Halabja attack could help the persecuted Kurds being attacked in Syria today.
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Zagros, Taurus Mountains (Caucasian) & Anatolian Highlanders (The Land of Kurda - Kurdistan)
Being the native inhabitants of their land. there are no "beginnings" for Kurdish history and people. Kurds and their history are the end products of thousands of years of continuous internal evolution and assimilation of new peoples and ideas introduced sporadically into their land. Genetically, Kurds are the descendants of all those who ever came to settle in Kurdistan, and not any one of them. A people such as the Gutian, Kurti. Mede, Mard, Manna,Carduchi, Gordyene,Cardyene,Kyrti, Adianbene, Zilan and Khaldi signify not the ancestor of the Kurds but only an ancestor.
Archaeological finds continue to document that some of mankind's earliest steps towards development of agriculture. domestication of many common farm animals (sheep, goats, hogs and dogs), record keeping (the token system), development of domestic technologies (weaving, fired pottery making and glazing), metallurgy and urbanization took place in Kurdistan, dating back between 12,000 and 8.000 years ago.
The earliest evidence so far of a unified and distinct culture (and possibly, ethnicity) by people inhabiting the Kurdish mountains dates back to the Halaf culture of 8,000-7,400 years ago. This was followed by the spread of the Ubaidian culture, which was a foreign introduction from Mesopotamia. After about a millennium, its dominance was replaced by the Hurrian culture, which may or may not have been the Halafian people reasserting their dominance over their mountainous homeland. The Hurrian period lasted from 6,300 to about 2,600 years ago.
The Hurrians-whose name survives now most prominently in the dialect and district of Hawraman/Awraman in Kurdistan- divided into many clans and subgroups, who set up city-states, kingdoms and empires known today after their respective clan names. These included the Gutis, Kurti, Khadi, Mards, Mushku, Manna, Hatti, Mitanni, Urartu, and the Kassitis1es, to name just a few. All these were Hurrians, and together form the Hurrian phase of Kurdish history.
By about 4.000 years ago, the first vanguard of the Indo-European-speaking peoples were trickling into Kurdistan in limited numbers and settling there. These formed the aristocracy of the Mitani, Kassite, and Hittite kingdoms, while the common peoples there remained solidly Hurrian. By about 3,000 years ago, the trickle had turned into a flood, and Hurrian Kurdistan was fast becoming Indo-European Kurdistan. Far from having been wiped out, the Hurrian legacy, despite its linguistic eclipse, remains the single most important element of the Kurdish culture until today. It forms the substructure for every aspects of Kurdish existence, from their native religion to their art, their social organization, women's status, and even the form of their militia warfare.
Medes, Scythians and Sagarthians are just the better-known clans of the Indo- European-speaking Aryans who settled in Kurdistan. By about 2,600 years ago, the Medes had already set up an empire that included all Kurdistan and vast territories far beyond. Medeans were followed by scores of other kingdoms and city-states--all dominated by Aryan aristocracies and a populace that was becoming Indo-European, Kurdish speakers if not so already.
By the advent of the classical era in 300 BC. Kurds were already experiencing massive population movements that resulted in settlement and domination of many neighboring regions. Important Kurdish polities of this time were all by-products of these movements. The Zelan Kurdish clan of Commagene (Adyaman area), for example, spread to establish in addition to the Zelanid dynasty of Commagene, the Zelanid kingdom of Cappadocia and the Zelanid empire of Pontus-all in Anatolia. These became Roman vassals by the end of the Ist century BC. In the east the Kurdish kingdoms of Gordyene, Cortea, Media, Kirm, and Adiabene had, by the 1st century BC, become confederate members of the Parthian Federation.
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Zagros, Taurus Mountains (Caucasian) & Anatolian Highlanders (The Land of Kurda - Kurdistan)
Being the native inhabitants of their land. there are no "beginnings" for Kurdish history and people. Kurds and their history are the end products of thousands of years of continuous internal evolution and assimilation of new peoples and ideas introduced sporadically into their land. Genetically, Kurds are the descendants of all those who ever came to settle in Kurdistan, and not any one of them. A people such as the Gutian, Kurti. Mede, Mard, Manna,Carduchi, Gordyene,Cardyene,Kyrti, Adianbene, Zilan and Khaldi signify not the ancestor of the Kurds but only an ancestor.
Archaeological finds continue to document that some of mankind's earliest steps towards development of agriculture. domestication of many common farm animals (sheep, goats, hogs and dogs), record keeping (the token system), development of domestic technologies (weaving, fired pottery making and glazing), metallurgy and urbanization took place in Kurdistan, dating back between 12,000 and 8.000 years ago.
The earliest evidence so far of a unified and distinct culture (and possibly, ethnicity) by people inhabiting the Kurdish mountains dates back to the Halaf culture of 8,000-7,400 years ago. This was followed by the spread of the Ubaidian culture, which was a foreign introduction from Mesopotamia. After about a millennium, its dominance was replaced by the Hurrian culture, which may or may not have been the Halafian people reasserting their dominance over their mountainous homeland. The Hurrian period lasted from 6,300 to about 2,600 years ago.
The Hurrians-whose name survives now most prominently in the dialect and district of Hawraman/Awraman in Kurdistan- divided into many clans and subgroups, who set up city-states, kingdoms and empires known today after their respective clan names. These included the Gutis, Kurti, Khadi, Mards, Mushku, Manna, Hatti, Mitanni, Urartu, and the Kassitis1es, to name just a few. All these were Hurrians, and together form the Hurrian phase of Kurdish history.
By about 4.000 years ago, the first vanguard of the Indo-European-speaking peoples were trickling into Kurdistan in limited numbers and settling there. These formed the aristocracy of the Mitani, Kassite, and Hittite kingdoms, while the common peoples there remained solidly Hurrian. By about 3,000 years ago, the trickle had turned into a flood, and Hurrian Kurdistan was fast becoming Indo-European Kurdistan. Far from having been wiped out, the Hurrian legacy, despite its linguistic eclipse, remains the single most important element of the Kurdish culture until today. It forms the substructure for every aspects of Kurdish existence, from their native religion to their art, their social organization, women's status, and even the form of their militia warfare.
Medes, Scythians and Sagarthians are just the better-known clans of the Indo- European-speaking Aryans who settled in Kurdistan. By about 2,600 years ago, the Medes had already set up an empire that included all Kurdistan and vast territories far beyond. Medeans were followed by scores of other kingdoms and city-states--all dominated by Aryan aristocracies and a populace that was becoming Indo-European, Kurdish speakers if not so already.
By the advent of the classical era in 300 BC. Kurds were already experiencing massive population movements that resulted in settlement and domination of many neighboring regions. Important Kurdish polities of this time were all by-products of these movements. The Zelan Kurdish clan of Commagene (Adyaman area), for example, spread to establish in addition to the Zelanid dynasty of Commagene, the Zelanid kingdom of Cappadocia and the Zelanid empire of Pontus-all in Anatolia. These became Roman vassals by the end of the Ist century BC. In the east the Kurdish kingdoms of Gordyene, Cortea, Media, Kirm, and Adiabene had, by the 1st century BC, become confederate members of the Parthian Federation.
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The war with ISIS in Iraq is drawing to a close, but the day after will be no easier. With Iraqi Kurdistan going for an independence referendum, Baghdad may not be eager to accept the vote. The already volatile situation in the Middle East might be destabilized even further by the establishment of a Kurdish region – or, perhaps, help stabilize it instead. Will the price of Kurdish independence be too high? We ask Prime Minister of Iraqi KurdistanNechirvan Barzani.
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Syria War 2018 - Battle of Afrin: Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army in Firefights and Clashes

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Kurdish YPG & SDF forces continue advances into city. On 14 September, the SDF fully secured al-Thaknah, "one of (Raqqa's) most important neighborhoods", after a 24-hour-long battle. With al-Thaknah captured, the SDF controlled about 70% of Raqqa. By this time, the situation of the remaining 300 to 400 enemy fighters in the city had become desperate, as they lacked fresh water, food, ammunition and weaponry; some of them were even sent foraging into SDF-held ...

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In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, the president of Iraqi KurdistanMassoud Barzani says he will not back down on plans to hold a referendum on the semi-autonomous region’s full independence from Baghdad.
The planned referendum on Kurdish independence will take place on September 25 and there will be "no turning back", said the 70-year-old leader in a wide-ranging interview aired on Wednesday.
Talking to FRANCE 24's Marc Perelman in Erbil, the region's capital, Barzani brushed aside criticisms from his neighbours and allies, who have warned of the risk of a conflict with Baghdad at a time when Iraq is still battling against the Islamic State (IS) group.
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The war with ISIS in Iraq is drawing to a close, but the day after will be no easier. With Iraqi Kurdistan going for an independence referendum, Baghdad may not be eager to accept the vote. The already volatile situation in the Middle East might be destabilized even further by the establishment of a Kurdish region – or, perhaps, help stabilize it instead. Will the price of Kurdish independence be too high? We ask Prime Minister of Iraqi KurdistanNechirvan Barzani.
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The war with ISIS in Iraq is drawing to a close, but the day after will be no easier. With Iraqi Kurdistan going for an independence referendum, Baghdad may not be eager to accept the vote. The already volatile situation in the Middle East might be destabilized even further by the establishment of a Kurdish region – or, perhaps, help stabilize it instead. Will the price of Kurdish independence be too high? We ask Prime Minister of Iraqi KurdistanNechirvan Barzani.
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An award-winning Israeli documentary by Itai Anghel about the war led by Kurds against Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Syria and Iraq. Kurdish freedomfighters, both female and male, from YPG, YPJ, PKK and Peshmerga are the most successful and efficient warriors against the medieval terrorists from the so called Islamic State. Kurds want to set up a liberal, feminist and direct democratic state called Kurdistan, their traditional homeland, in the Middle East. But they are currently brutally opressed and prevented by either dictatorial states like Syria and Iraq or islamist like Turkey and Iran from fulfilling their dream.

An award-winning Israeli documentary by Itai Anghel about the war led by Kurds against Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Syria and Iraq. Kurdish freedomfighters, both female and male, from YPG, YPJ, PKK and Peshmerga are the most successful and efficient warriors against the medieval terrorists from the so called Islamic State. Kurds want to set up a liberal, feminist and direct democratic state called Kurdistan, their traditional homeland, in the Middle East. But they are currently brutally opressed and prevented by either dictatorial states like Syria and Iraq or islamist like Turkey and Iran from fulfilling their dream.

Kurds Of The Caliphate: Turkish PM blames Ankara bombing on Islamic State.
How Assad And The Kurds Are Teaming Up AgainstISIS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnd60U7HM38
On The Kurdish FrontLine In The Fight Against ISIS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00s8h3DIKEs
The DrugFuelling Conflict In Syria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ke13JNlpBQ
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For over a year Kurdish forces have united in defence against bloody IS attacks. So how have Islamic State still managed to recruit hundreds of young Kurds to fight for the Caliphate against their own families?
"There are Kurdish families in Halabja whose sons are in IS and their hearts are broken, but I'll never go to their funerals", says the grieving mother of Kaihan Borhan, a Kurd who died fighting with the Peshmarga against IS. Her family is distraught that the people responsible for his death could well be Kurdish nationals. "I have a friend whose brother died fighting for ISIS", says Kaihan's brother. "I never grieved for him and my friend cannot bear to look me in the eye." In this report we see the path to extremism that many Kurds have taken. Dissatisfaction at the Kurdish Intelligence service, Asayish's persecution of Muslims and domestic grievances are being skilfully exploited by IS propaganda, led by Khattab Al-Kurdi and his SaladinBrigade. "With God's permission we will sow the seeds of the Caliphate throughout our land", says the Kurdish Khattab, who has been one of the most persuasive forces in luring Kurds towards the Caliphate. Even with Khattab's reported death in April 2015, the threat of more Kurds joining IS seems unlikely to diminish, with a new Kurdish Imam carrying the rhetoric forward.
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Kurds Of The Caliphate: Turkish PM blames Ankara bombing on Islamic State.
How Assad And The Kurds Are Teaming Up AgainstISIS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnd60U7HM38
On The Kurdish FrontLine In The Fight Against ISIS
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The DrugFuelling Conflict In Syria
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For over a year Kurdish forces have united in defence against bloody IS attacks. So how have Islamic State still managed to recruit hundreds of young Kurds to fight for the Caliphate against their own families?
"There are Kurdish families in Halabja whose sons are in IS and their hearts are broken, but I'll never go to their funerals", says the grieving mother of Kaihan Borhan, a Kurd who died fighting with the Peshmarga against IS. Her family is distraught that the people responsible for his death could well be Kurdish nationals. "I have a friend whose brother died fighting for ISIS", says Kaihan's brother. "I never grieved for him and my friend cannot bear to look me in the eye." In this report we see the path to extremism that many Kurds have taken. Dissatisfaction at the Kurdish Intelligence service, Asayish's persecution of Muslims and domestic grievances are being skilfully exploited by IS propaganda, led by Khattab Al-Kurdi and his SaladinBrigade. "With God's permission we will sow the seeds of the Caliphate throughout our land", says the Kurdish Khattab, who has been one of the most persuasive forces in luring Kurds towards the Caliphate. Even with Khattab's reported death in April 2015, the threat of more Kurds joining IS seems unlikely to diminish, with a new Kurdish Imam carrying the rhetoric forward.
BBC Arabic – Ref. 6594
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Syria War 2018 - Battle of Afrin: Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army in Firefights and Clashes

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War in Syria 2018 - Battle of Afrin(code-named Operation OliveBranch).
In January 2018, the Turkish military launched a military operation in the Kurdish-controlled Afrin District and the Tell Rifaat Subdistrict in Northern Syria. The offensive is against the Kurdish-led Democratic Union Party in Syria (PYD), its armed wing People's Protection Units (YPG), and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) positions surrounding the Syrian city of Afrin. Afrin and the surrounding area is claimed by the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria as Afrin Canton, part of its Afrin Region. It is the first major military operation by Turkey in Syria since Operation Euphrates Shield.
The FreeSyrian Army and Turkish forces have made advances against the People’s Protection Units in Afrin. According to the Turkish command, Operation Olive Branch has managed to take control of several villages and strategic locations in the Afrin countryside.
Syrian National Coalition supported the joint operation of the FSA and the Turkish Armed Forces.
Turkey launched an air and ground offensive on the Afrin region, opening a new front in the multi-sided Syrian war to target Kurdish fighters in northern Syria.
But in general terms the offensive has not been very successful so far, most of the larger towns in the region, including Afrin itself, remain under YPG control.
Battle for Afrin continues...
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War in Syria 2018 - Battle of Afrin(code-named Operation OliveBranch).
In January 2018, the Turkish military launched a military operation in the Kurdish-controlled Afrin District and the Tell Rifaat Subdistrict in Northern Syria. The offensive is against the Kurdish-led Democratic Union Party in Syria (PYD), its armed wing People's Protection Units (YPG), and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) positions surrounding the Syrian city of Afrin. Afrin and the surrounding area is claimed by the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria as Afrin Canton, part of its Afrin Region. It is the first major military operation by Turkey in Syria since Operation Euphrates Shield.
The FreeSyrian Army and Turkish forces have made advances against the People’s Protection Units in Afrin. According to the Turkish command, Operation Olive Branch has managed to take control of several villages and strategic locations in the Afrin countryside.
Syrian National Coalition supported the joint operation of the FSA and the Turkish Armed Forces.
Turkey launched an air and ground offensive on the Afrin region, opening a new front in the multi-sided Syrian war to target Kurdish fighters in northern Syria.
But in general terms the offensive has not been very successful so far, most of the larger towns in the region, including Afrin itself, remain under YPG control.
Battle for Afrin continues...
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Syria War 2016 - Heavy Clashes As Kurdish YPG And Syrian GovernmentTroopsBattle Over Al-Qamishli.
Heavy clashes occured recently as Kurdish YPG units together with FSA rebels started heavy fighting and firefights with Syrian government troops from the National Defense Force (NDF) over the control of the northern Syrian town of Qamishli.
The footage shows Kurdish YPG fighters in heavy urban combat in the town that mostly was untouched by the raging Syrian Civil War.
A main battlefield durign the short battle of Al-Qamishli was the Allya prison that was overtaken by Syrian government forces and led to the erruption of the clashes between Kurdish YPG fighters and National Defense Forces.
The battle was won by the Kurds leading to the capturing of at least 50 Syrian government loyalist. About 21 NDF fighters were also KIA.
The Syrian Army shelled Kurdish positions in northern Syria with artillery and mortar fire as a response to the battle.
However after the intervention of a Russian special delegation sent by Vladimir Putin to Qamishlo a truce has been reached between the Kurdish Forces and the forces loyal to Bashar Assad in which the NDF agreed to pull out of the city and leave the security measures to the Kurdish Asayish and YPG forces.
That prevented further escalations between Kurdish militia groups and the Syrian government.
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Syria War 2016 - Heavy Clashes As Kurdish YPG And Syrian GovernmentTroopsBattle Over Al-Qamishli.
Heavy clashes occured recently as Kurdish YPG units together with FSA rebels started heavy fighting and firefights with Syrian government troops from the National Defense Force (NDF) over the control of the northern Syrian town of Qamishli.
The footage shows Kurdish YPG fighters in heavy urban combat in the town that mostly was untouched by the raging Syrian Civil War.
A main battlefield durign the short battle of Al-Qamishli was the Allya prison that was overtaken by Syrian government forces and led to the erruption of the clashes between Kurdish YPG fighters and National Defense Forces.
The battle was won by the Kurds leading to the capturing of at least 50 Syrian government loyalist. About 21 NDF fighters were also KIA.
The Syrian Army shelled Kurdish positions in northern Syria with artillery and mortar fire as a response to the battle.
However after the intervention of a Russian special delegation sent by Vladimir Putin to Qamishlo a truce has been reached between the Kurdish Forces and the forces loyal to Bashar Assad in which the NDF agreed to pull out of the city and leave the security measures to the Kurdish Asayish and YPG forces.
That prevented further escalations between Kurdish militia groups and the Syrian government.
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War in Syria 2017 - The Battle of Raqqa is the fifth and final phase of the Raqqa campaign launched by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF and YPG) in the city of Raqqa. The battle began on 6 June 2017, and is being supported by airstrikes and ground troops from the US-led coalition. The operation was named the "Great War" by the SDF.
Kurdish YPG & SDF forces continue advances into city. On 14 September, the SDF fully secured al-Thaknah, "one of (Raqqa's) most important neighborhoods", after a 24-hour-long battle. With al-Thaknah captured, the SDF controlled about 70% of Raqqa. By this time, the situation of the remaining 300 to 400 enemy fighters in the city had become desperate, as they lacked fresh water, food, ammunition and weaponry; some of them were even sent foraging into SDF-held territories in order to get direly needed supplies. Nevertheless, many militants refused to consider surrender, and instead launched suicide attacks on coalition forces when their positions became untenable. The remaining ISIL resistance was centered on Raqqa's north as well as enclaves in the south-west and central city.
Heavy aistrikes by the U.S. AirForce on 20 September caused militans to retreat from its last five northern neighborhoods into the central city, which the militants deemed more secure. Northern Raqqa was subsequently occupied by the SDF without much resistance, bringing 90% of the city under the coalition's control.
Battle for Raqqa continues...
*DISCLAIMER* This footage is part of an war archive of the war in Syria and should be viewed as educational. This footage is also to be taken as a raw documentary on the events of the conflict in Syria. This footage is not meant to be violent in any way. I am only sharing this footage for the purposes of news reporting and educating. This is a war documentary.

War in Syria 2017 - The Battle of Raqqa is the fifth and final phase of the Raqqa campaign launched by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF and YPG) in the city of Raqqa. The battle began on 6 June 2017, and is being supported by airstrikes and ground troops from the US-led coalition. The operation was named the "Great War" by the SDF.
Kurdish YPG & SDF forces continue advances into city. On 14 September, the SDF fully secured al-Thaknah, "one of (Raqqa's) most important neighborhoods", after a 24-hour-long battle. With al-Thaknah captured, the SDF controlled about 70% of Raqqa. By this time, the situation of the remaining 300 to 400 enemy fighters in the city had become desperate, as they lacked fresh water, food, ammunition and weaponry; some of them were even sent foraging into SDF-held territories in order to get direly needed supplies. Nevertheless, many militants refused to consider surrender, and instead launched suicide attacks on coalition forces when their positions became untenable. The remaining ISIL resistance was centered on Raqqa's north as well as enclaves in the south-west and central city.
Heavy aistrikes by the U.S. AirForce on 20 September caused militans to retreat from its last five northern neighborhoods into the central city, which the militants deemed more secure. Northern Raqqa was subsequently occupied by the SDF without much resistance, bringing 90% of the city under the coalition's control.
Battle for Raqqa continues...
*DISCLAIMER* This footage is part of an war archive of the war in Syria and should be viewed as educational. This footage is also to be taken as a raw documentary on the events of the conflict in Syria. This footage is not meant to be violent in any way. I am only sharing this footage for the purposes of news reporting and educating. This is a war documentary.

SecretRevolution (2014): Out of the chaos of Syria's civil war, KurdishPKK leftists have forged a radical, multi-ethnic mini-state. But with ISIS and Turkey now attacking the PKK leaning groups, how long can this new political geography last?
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The SyrianFoot Soldiers In Assad's Media War
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On The Kurdish FrontLine In The FightAgainst ISIS
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Is it Time for Kurdish Independence?
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"It's not about religion here. We protect all sects", says a Kurdish soldier. Made up of enclaves across Northern Syria, Rojava, a Marxist PKK affiliate, provides sanctuary to a spectrum of minorities as well as refugees on the run from ISIS. Described by Aldar Xalil, member of the Rojava GovernmentCouncil, as a "consensus based, democratic way of life", the state enjoys a political liberty unfamiliar to other areas of the Middle East. But an association with the PKK, a Turkish militant group, has earned Rojava members the "terrorist" label . As YPG spokesmen Redur Khalil explains, however, Syria's Kurdish fighters could be key in the fight against ISIS: "for the American and European plans to succeed, they will need allies on the ground".
Mehran Bozorgnia – Ref. 6317
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SecretRevolution (2014): Out of the chaos of Syria's civil war, KurdishPKK leftists have forged a radical, multi-ethnic mini-state. But with ISIS and Turkey now attacking the PKK leaning groups, how long can this new political geography last?
For similar stories, see:
The SyrianFoot Soldiers In Assad's Media War
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-82ctgTkYQ
On The Kurdish FrontLine In The FightAgainst ISIS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00s8h3DIKEs
Is it Time for Kurdish Independence?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SodmYCPm9BM
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"It's not about religion here. We protect all sects", says a Kurdish soldier. Made up of enclaves across Northern Syria, Rojava, a Marxist PKK affiliate, provides sanctuary to a spectrum of minorities as well as refugees on the run from ISIS. Described by Aldar Xalil, member of the Rojava GovernmentCouncil, as a "consensus based, democratic way of life", the state enjoys a political liberty unfamiliar to other areas of the Middle East. But an association with the PKK, a Turkish militant group, has earned Rojava members the "terrorist" label . As YPG spokesmen Redur Khalil explains, however, Syria's Kurdish fighters could be key in the fight against ISIS: "for the American and European plans to succeed, they will need allies on the ground".
Mehran Bozorgnia – Ref. 6317
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In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, the president of Iraqi KurdistanMassoud Barzani says he will not back down on plans to hold a referendum on the semi-autonomous region’s full independence from Baghdad.
The planned referendum on Kurdish independence will take place on September 25 and there will be "no turning back", said the 70-year-old leader in a wide-ranging interview aired on Wednesday.
Talking to FRANCE 24's Marc Perelman in Erbil, the region's capital, Barzani brushed aside criticisms from his neighbours and allies, who have warned of the risk of a conflict with Baghdad at a time when Iraq is still battling against the Islamic State (IS) group.
The Kurdish leader said he had pushed back a request by US PresidentDonald Trump's administration to postpone the referendum. Any attempt to thwart the vote would lead to “catastrophe” and the risk of a “bloody war”, he warned.
Iraq’s central government has already rejected unilateral Kurdish attempts to push for independence, insisting that any decision about the future of the country should involve input from all of its components.
Disputed territories
Kurdish officials have said the September vote will be held in the region's three governorates as well as in areas that are disputed by the Kurdish and Iraqi governments, including the flashpoint city of Kirkuk. Those disputed areas have been under Kurdish control since 2014, when Iraqi security forces fled the IS group's onslaught.
Barzani said he would do his utmost to reach a deal with Iraqi Prime MinisterHaider al-Abadi, though he cautioned that negotiations would not be open-ended. He also warned that Kurdish forces would not sit idly by should Baghdad move to close Kurdish airspace or send in troops.
The veteran leader, who has headed the Kurdistan Regional Government since 2005, said presidential and parliamentary elections would be held in Kurdistan soon after the referendum. He also said that he would not seek another term as president.
After Mosul
Regarding the continuing operations against the IS group, Barzani said the military siege of Mosul would soon end with the jihadists' defeat. However, he cautioned that the aftermath of the battle, including how to pacify and administer the multi-ethnic city and its surroundings, had not been properly planned.
In particular, the Kurdish leader urged the international coalition involved in the operations, which includes US and French special forces, to remain in the Mosul region once the battle is over to prevent the emergence of an extremist successor to the IS group.
Barzani's own Peshmerga forces were instrumental in stemming the jihadist group’s advance across northwestern Iraq in 2014 and then spearheading a counter-offensive. The broad coalition that has been battling to recapture Mosul since late last year also includes Iraqi regular troops, elite forces and Shiite militias.
The latter’s presence in areas near the Syrian border is a problem that needs to be addressed, Barzani warned. He suggested the Shiite militias were acting on behalf of Iran in order to create a corridor that would allow them into war-torn Syria.
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In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, the president of Iraqi KurdistanMassoud Barzani says he will not back down on plans to hold a referendum on the semi-autonomous region’s full independence from Baghdad.
The planned referendum on Kurdish independence will take place on September 25 and there will be "no turning back", said the 70-year-old leader in a wide-ranging interview aired on Wednesday.
Talking to FRANCE 24's Marc Perelman in Erbil, the region's capital, Barzani brushed aside criticisms from his neighbours and allies, who have warned of the risk of a conflict with Baghdad at a time when Iraq is still battling against the Islamic State (IS) group.
The Kurdish leader said he had pushed back a request by US PresidentDonald Trump's administration to postpone the referendum. Any attempt to thwart the vote would lead to “catastrophe” and the risk of a “bloody war”, he warned.
Iraq’s central government has already rejected unilateral Kurdish attempts to push for independence, insisting that any decision about the future of the country should involve input from all of its components.
Disputed territories
Kurdish officials have said the September vote will be held in the region's three governorates as well as in areas that are disputed by the Kurdish and Iraqi governments, including the flashpoint city of Kirkuk. Those disputed areas have been under Kurdish control since 2014, when Iraqi security forces fled the IS group's onslaught.
Barzani said he would do his utmost to reach a deal with Iraqi Prime MinisterHaider al-Abadi, though he cautioned that negotiations would not be open-ended. He also warned that Kurdish forces would not sit idly by should Baghdad move to close Kurdish airspace or send in troops.
The veteran leader, who has headed the Kurdistan Regional Government since 2005, said presidential and parliamentary elections would be held in Kurdistan soon after the referendum. He also said that he would not seek another term as president.
After Mosul
Regarding the continuing operations against the IS group, Barzani said the military siege of Mosul would soon end with the jihadists' defeat. However, he cautioned that the aftermath of the battle, including how to pacify and administer the multi-ethnic city and its surroundings, had not been properly planned.
In particular, the Kurdish leader urged the international coalition involved in the operations, which includes US and French special forces, to remain in the Mosul region once the battle is over to prevent the emergence of an extremist successor to the IS group.
Barzani's own Peshmerga forces were instrumental in stemming the jihadist group’s advance across northwestern Iraq in 2014 and then spearheading a counter-offensive. The broad coalition that has been battling to recapture Mosul since late last year also includes Iraqi regular troops, elite forces and Shiite militias.
The latter’s presence in areas near the Syrian border is a problem that needs to be addressed, Barzani warned. He suggested the Shiite militias were acting on behalf of Iran in order to create a corridor that would allow them into war-torn Syria.
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The war with ISIS in Iraq is drawing to a close, but the day after will be no easier. With Iraqi Kurdistan going for an independence referendum, Baghdad may not be eager to accept the vote. The already volatile situation in the Middle East might be destabilized even further by the establishment of a Kurdish region – or, perhaps, help stabilize it instead. Will the price of Kurdish independence be too high? We ask Prime Minister of Iraqi KurdistanNechirvan Barzani.
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SIS Fighter Cries In Video After Being Captured By Kurdish Forces In Mosul

About Show: THIS is the moment a suspected Islamic State (ISIS) militant cried and moaned like a BABY after being captured by Kurdish forces.
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Turkey fires barrage of missiles on Kurdish-held targets in Syria

Turkish rockets are seen being fired from Hatay Province in the south of Turkey on Sunday,...

Turkey fires barrage of missiles on Kurdish-held targets in Syria

Turkish rockets are seen being fired from Hatay Province in the south of Turkey on Sunday, as day two of the 'Olive Branch' operation against Kurdish-held targets in Afrin gets underway. On Saturday, Turkish war planes launched airstrikes on Kurdish positions in Afrin shortly after Turkish PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan announced the launch of the military operation dubbed 'Olive Branch.' READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/8xfs
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How Syria’s Kurds are trying to create a democracy

It’s an unlikely place for a democratic revolution.
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Since the start of the Syrian civil war, Kurdish people in the North have carved out an autonomous region of their own — Rojava — by fighting the Islamic State. Their militias, which form the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), have emerged as the most effective fighters against ISIS and won them a close partnership with the US.
The ruling KurdishParty, the PYD, has set up a democratic federation made of local governments. Their constitution claims to accept people of all ethnicities and religions and treat them as equals. One of its central tenets is equality of men and women. In fact, the all-female Women’s Protection Unit (YPJ) militia fights alongside the SDF, and they’re known to be especially good soldiers.
But the more territory the Kurds take from ISIS, the more worried Turkey gets.
Turkey has been at war with another closely linked Kurdish group, the PKK, for decades. In 2018, Turkey invaded the Syrian Kurdish enclave of Afrin, putting the country in direct conflict with the Kurds of Rojava.
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Germany: Rival Kurdish, Turkish rallies clash in Stuttgart

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Stuttgart police intervened when hundreds of pro-Kurdish and pro-Turkish demonstrators clashed during rival rallies on Wednesday.
SOT, Ahmet Grohtas, pro-Turkish demonstrator (German): "We're here today to act against injustice in the media. In the media in Europe, we often see statements taken from people who claim the Turkish military is leading a war against the Kurds. We want to make clear today that this war is not against the Kurdish people, but against the terror organisations PKK and PYD, YPG and IS. That's why we're here today, we see it as our duty to share that with the people - I hope everything remains peaceful and that we can all go home after our demonstration."
SOT, Protester (German): "Operation 'OliveBranch' is a positive development that will safeguard the EU from a renewed wave of refugees. Contrary to claims of those who wish to denounce and pillory Turkey, this operation is not directed against civilians, innocent people. It is to monitor the PYD's (DemocraticUnion Party - Kurdish democratic party in Syria) abuse of civilians in Afrin as human shields. For this reason we're convinced that Turkish troops will proceed with maximum caution. The Turkish military's Operation 'Olive Branch' has been communicated to allied and neighbouring countries transparently and regularly from the start. The goal of this operation is peace and stability. We demand that the international community supports Operation 'Olive Branch' in its fight against terror and that they show solidarity with Turkey and the rural population."
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US commander backs Kurdish fighters at Syria outpost

(8 Feb 2018) Visiting a Syrian Democratic Forces military outpost in northern Syria, senior US commanders have pledged that their troops would remain in the northern Syrian town of Manbij despite Turkey's demands for a US pullout.
The US-backed opposition Syrian Democratic Forces, led mainly by a Syrian Kurdish militia which Turkey is now fighting in Syria, liberated the town of Manbij from the Islamic State group in 2016.
Manbij was hailed as an early success story in the American-backed fight against IS, but is now the scene of escalating regional tensions on the heels of military victories against the extremists.
Wednesday's visit to the outpost by Lt. Gen.Paul E. Funk, the top US general in the coalition fighting the Islamic State, and Maj. Gen.Jamie Jarrard, the commander of the coalition's special-operation's component, came amid rising tensions between Turkey and the United States, NATO allies that have ended up on opposing sides in some aspects of the multi-layered war in Syria.
Today, a small US base near Manbij, a cluster of a handful of tents, prefab housing units and American armored vehicles, reflects deepening American involvement in Syria.
Since the ouster of IS from the border town, the US has maintained a military presence there and regularly conducts patrols in the area.
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First class of female Kurdish military officers graduates

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More than 200 women have graduated as military officers in norther...

First class of female Kurdish military officers graduates

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More than 200 women have graduated as military officers in northern Iraq.
They will now fight alongside peshmerga forces who are battling the Islamic State group.
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The gleaming uniforms, the polished weapons and the marching band: it's everything you might expect from a military ceremony.
But the event is honouring a special group of army officers.
This is the first class of female cadets to graduate from the ZakhoMilitary Academy.
Two hundred and one women have earned their stripes.
And KurdishPresidentMasoud Barzani is here to watch their passing out parade.
The women chant in unison as they are sworn in as officers.
This academy is the only military educational institution in the northern Kurdish region recognised by the Iraqi armed forces.
So in principle these new officers could also be accepted by the Iraqi army.
A handshake from the President, a salute and a round of applause from the audience.
This is a day to be proud of for the young women.
"Dear girls, today, after one and a half years of hard study and learning from your great teachers, you are rewarded for your efforts and hard studies," Barzani tells them.
"Today you'll receive a star on your shoulder but you have to know that along with that there comes great responsibility also."
They are now ready to join peshmerga soldiers on the frontline.
The Kurdish force already has some female fighters - but these will be the first to hold officer ranks.
"I'm sure that when you stand with your brothers in the peshmerga forces, whether on the frontline or any other duty, you will not be any less than them," says Barzani.
"We want to show the world that our boys and girls are ready to make sacrifices and there is no distinction between them. You have opened the door wide and you broke down a high wall."
Congratulations from family members, but after the parades and ceremonies, these women know they face a serious challenge.
Peshmerga forces are fighting the Islamic State group, retaking large stretches of territory from the militants.
"The main goal of this, the graduation of 201 female officers, is to participate in the war alongside the peshmerga forces. The point was to learn how to fight, to learn the tactics of war, so we can serve our country," says graduate officer Ayman Ayoub Hassa.
Many peshmerga are irregular fighters with no formal military training, though some have now received instruction from American and European trainers.
But these women have had the opportunity to hone their fighting skills.
"I'm ready to go anywhere they ask me to go. They have taught me how to use weapons and weapons are a symbol of defence so that I know how to defend myself and my nation," says Hassa.
Most of the graduates are Kurdish, but there is a small number of Iraqi Christians among the class.
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USA Turkey VS ISIS or Kurdish today news

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Turkey's Erdogan says West backing Kurdish "terrorists" in Syria
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Turkish PresidentTayyip Erdogan accused the West on Thursday of bombing Arabs and Turkmens in Syria while supporting Kurdish "terrorist" groups he said were filling the void left behind.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgic said more than 13,000 people had entered Turkey in the past week from Syria where moderate Syrian rebels and Kurdish forces have fought Islamic State militants holding the Syrian town of Tel Abyad.
Turkey is uncomfortable with gains by Kurdish YPG militia in Syria, saying they have links with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) which has fought a decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state. The PKK is considered a terrorist group by Ankara, the United States and European Union.
The Kurdish issue has assumed an increased sensitivity since a Kurdish party won parliamentary seats in elections that stripped the ruling AK Party of its overall majority. The continuation of peace talks with the PKK could become an issue in coalition talks now under way.
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The PKK has carved out a role fighting Islamic State, with its members helping to break a siege of the Syrian town of Kobani last autumn as a U.S.-led coalition bombed the Islamist militants' positions.
"The West, which has shot Arabs and Turkmens, is unfortunately placing the PYD (the political wing of the YPG) and PKK in lieu of them," Erdogan said in a speech at the Ankara chamber of commerce.
Though a NATO member and U.S. ally, Turkey has refused to take a frontline role in the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State, nervous of Kurdish territorial gains and arguing only Syrian PresidentBashar al-Assad's fall can bring lasting peace.
Erdogan's comments may anger Turkey's Kurds, many of whom suspect Ankara has been backing militant Islamist factions in Syria against their brethren and were enraged by its refusal to intervene and stop an Islamic State siege of Kobani.
"It's not true to say the YPG are terrorists because they haven't committed any terrorist actions against people in Syria. They are protecting Muslims, Christians, Jews," said Idris Nassan, an official in the Kobani canton.
Thousands of people have fled from Syria into Turkey in recent days to escape advances by YPG forces as well as aerial bombardment by the United States and Arab allies trying to help the Kurds push back Islamic State.
A Turkish official told Reuters on Wednesday that all the refugees appeared to be Syrian or Iraqi Arabs.
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The war with ISIS in Iraq is drawing to a close, but the day after will be no easier. With Iraqi Kurdistan going for an independence referendum, Baghdad may not be eager to accept the vote. The already volatile situation in the Middle East might be destabilized even further by the establishment of a Kurdish region – or, perhaps, help stabilize it instead. Will the price of Kurdish independence be too high? We ask Prime Minister of Iraqi KurdistanNechirvan Barzani.
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Why is ISIS fearing Kurds? [Documentary HD]

An award-winning Israeli documentary by Itai Anghel about the war led by Kurds against Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Syria and Iraq. Kurdish freedomfighters, both female and male, from YPG, YPJ, PKK and Peshmerga are the most successful and efficient warriors against the medieval terrorists from the so called Islamic State. Kurds want to set up a liberal, feminist and direct democratic state called Kurdistan, their traditional homeland, in the Middle East. But they are currently brutally opressed and prevented by either dictatorial states like Syria and Iraq or islamist like Turkey and Iran from fulfilling their dream.

Why Are Kurds Joining Up With ISIS?

Kurds Of The Caliphate: Turkish PM blames Ankara bombing on Islamic State.
How Assad And The Kurds Are Teaming Up AgainstISIS
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For over a year Kurdish forces have united in defence against bloody IS attacks. So how have Islamic State still managed to recruit hundreds of young Kurds to fight for the Caliphate against their own families?
"There are Kurdish families in Halabja whose sons are in IS and their hearts are broken, but I'll never go to their funerals", says the grieving mother of Kaihan Borhan, a Kurd who died fighting with the Peshmarga against IS. Her family is distraught that the people responsible for his death could well be Kurdish nationals. "I have a friend whose brother died fighting for ISIS", says Kaihan's brother. "I never grieved for him and my friend cannot bear to look me in the eye." In this report we see the path to extremism that many Kurds have taken. Dissatisfaction at the Kurdish Intelligence service, Asayish's persecution of Muslims and domestic grievances are being skilfully exploited by IS propaganda, led by Khattab Al-Kurdi and his SaladinBrigade. "With God's permission we will sow the seeds of the Caliphate throughout our land", says the Kurdish Khattab, who has been one of the most persuasive forces in luring Kurds towards the Caliphate. Even with Khattab's reported death in April 2015, the threat of more Kurds joining IS seems unlikely to diminish, with a new Kurdish Imam carrying the rhetoric forward.
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Syria War 2018 - Battle of Afrin: Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army in Firefights and Clashes

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Syria War 2018 - Battle of Afrin: Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army in Firefights and Clashes

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War in Syria 2018 - Battle of Afrin(code-named Operation OliveBranch).
In January 2018, the Turkish military launched a military operation in the Kurdish-controlled Afrin District and the Tell Rifaat Subdistrict in Northern Syria. The offensive is against the Kurdish-led Democratic Union Party in Syria (PYD), its armed wing People's Protection Units (YPG), and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) positions surrounding the Syrian city of Afrin. Afrin and the surrounding area is claimed by the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria as Afrin Canton, part of its Afrin Region. It is the first major military operation by Turkey in Syria since Operation Euphrates Shield.
The FreeSyrian Army and Turkish forces have made advances against the People’s Protection Units in Afrin. According to the Turkish command, Operation Olive Branch has managed to take control of several villages and strategic locations in the Afrin countryside.
Syrian National Coalition supported the joint operation of the FSA and the Turkish Armed Forces.
Turkey launched an air and ground offensive on the Afrin region, opening a new front in the multi-sided Syrian war to target Kurdish fighters in northern Syria.
But in general terms the offensive has not been very successful so far, most of the larger towns in the region, including Afrin itself, remain under YPG control.
Battle for Afrin continues...
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Syria War 2016 - Heavy Clashes As Kurdish YPG And Syrian GovernmentTroopsBattle Over Al-Qamishli.
Heavy clashes occured recently as Kurdish YPG units together with FSA rebels started heavy fighting and firefights with Syrian government troops from the National Defense Force (NDF) over the control of the northern Syrian town of Qamishli.
The footage shows Kurdish YPG fighters in heavy urban combat in the town that mostly was untouched by the raging Syrian Civil War.
A main battlefield durign the short battle of Al-Qamishli was the Allya prison that was overtaken by Syrian government forces and led to the erruption of the clashes between Kurdish YPG fighters and National Defense Forces.
The battle was won by the Kurds leading to the capturing of at least 50 Syrian government loyalist. About 21 NDF fighters were also KIA.
The Syrian Army shelled Kurdish positions in northern Syria with artillery and mortar fire as a response to the battle.
However after the intervention of a Russian special delegation sent by Vladimir Putin to Qamishlo a truce has been reached between the Kurdish Forces and the forces loyal to Bashar Assad in which the NDF agreed to pull out of the city and leave the security measures to the Kurdish Asayish and YPG forces.
That prevented further escalations between Kurdish militia groups and the Syrian government.
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Kurdish YPG & SDF in Heavy Clashes During The Battle For Raqqa Syria War 2017 YouTube

War in Syria 2017 - The Battle of Raqqa is the fifth and final phase of the Raqqa campaign launched by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF and YPG) in the city of Raqqa. The battle began on 6 June 2017, and is being supported by airstrikes and ground troops from the US-led coalition. The operation was named the "Great War" by the SDF.
Kurdish YPG & SDF forces continue advances into city. On 14 September, the SDF fully secured al-Thaknah, "one of (Raqqa's) most important neighborhoods", after a 24-hour-long battle. With al-Thaknah captured, the SDF controlled about 70% of Raqqa. By this time, the situation of the remaining 300 to 400 enemy fighters in the city had become desperate, as they lacked fresh water, food, ammunition and weaponry; some of them were even sent foraging into SDF-held territories in order to get direly needed supplies. Nevertheless, many militants refused to consider surrender, and instead launched suicide attacks on coalition forces when their positions became untenable. The remaining ISIL resistance was centered on Raqqa's north as well as enclaves in the south-west and central city.
Heavy aistrikes by the U.S. AirForce on 20 September caused militans to retreat from its last five northern neighborhoods into the central city, which the militants deemed more secure. Northern Raqqa was subsequently occupied by the SDF without much resistance, bringing 90% of the city under the coalition's control.
Battle for Raqqa continues...
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